Machine for blacking shoes.



PATENTBD JAN. s0, 1900.

P. H. BREWSTER.

MAGHINE FOR BLACKING SHOES.

APPLIOATION'IILED NOV. 3, 1904.

1 T E E H S s T E E H s 2 PATHNTED JAN. so, 190e.

MACHINE POB. BLAGKING SHOlfr.

MPLIGATION FILED Noma, no4.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

and from the drums and Z3 to take up any or paste to the sole of the shoe. ln order to and 'o' Liust below the drums 5 end 6. lhe spinl die o. is mounted in a bracket or step it a', which E with its drums 6 and Q4 nreadgustahie toward slack or looseness in the chains 4 and "2&2, said breelzetor step Z7 being secured in its adjusted position to the bottom ot' the case by suitable fastening means, as bolts 28. lt is now seen that by driving the chains 4 and Z2 in thesame direction and causing the chain 22 to travel faster than the chain 4 each brush is caused to travel entirely around and to rotate on its own axis against the shoe, thereby producing a rapid action of the brushes and speedy cleaning and polishing of the shoe. Jlhe cleaningbrush i7 is arranged in advance oi the others, end therefore is the first act upon the shoe, after which the deuber or pad i8 is next brought into action to apply'a blaohing liquid accomplish this second action, a liquid-receptecle 30 is mounted npon a tixed standard 31 in the front end of the case with its open side uppermost, es seen in Fig. 5, and the pad 18,

is mounted on the inner end of a vertically and horizontaliy swinging arm 32, which is pivn oted et one end et 33 'to the rocking spindle 14 on the chain 4, said spindle being heldin a certain position by a limiting-stop 34 and n.

spring-35, having one end secured to the ndjacent link of the chain and its other end secured to the spindle 35, as best seen in Fig.

5. The stop is secured to the spindle 'l4` and engages the adjacent link of the chain toA limit the forward swix'iging movement. of the pad 18, but to allow it to swing rearwardly against the action ot' the spring 35.

A camtrack 38 is fixed to the bottom ot the cese l et the opposite side ot' the chain 4, but near the receptacle 30, end the arm 32 is provided with an extension 39, which rides upon the cam into the receptacle once during; each cycle of movement ot' the ehein 4, seid pad being im-l mediately returned to its horizontal position by e spring 40 es soonas it is released by the cam 38. New as this pad is carried forwardly by the chain 4 it applies the liquid to the sole ,of the shoe, and heingyieldingly swiveled, as described, it is evident that itreadily adjusts itselt1 to any variations in distance between the chain and side of the shoe, so as to always. contact with the sole during its entire transit aroundthe shoe. The next to contact with the shoe is the paste-applying brush i9, and in order to keep the brush sott and pliable l provide a suitable spraying device consisting of a fixed liquill-containing,F cylinder 40, hav-il ing a spraying-nozzle 4iv and a compressible bulb 42, all of which parts are located some distance in front ot' the toot-rest 3. A suitable cam 43 is secured rto, .the hearing l1 for the spindle of the brush 19, and upon the eyl"--, inder 4() is pireted a lever 44, which projects 38 and causes the pad i8 todip into the path oi the traveling' cam 43 and also beers upon the bulb 42, so that as thecnrn 43 'travels 'toward the shoe it engages and open ates the lever 44 to compress the bulh 42, and thereby causes the spraying oi the liquid from the cylinder 40 against the periphery of the 'nrush lil. Between the spraying device and toot-rest is a receptacle 45, which eon tainsa blaching-paste and is pivoted at 46 to afixed standard 47, rising from the bottom of the case 1, end upon this standard is mounted e horizontal sliding bnr 48, which projects into the path of movement of the cam 43 andl is eceentrieelly connecte-d to the peste-receptacle 4.5, so that as the cam 43 advances from the position seen in Fig. 4 it will engage and movethe bar 48 endwise, and'thereby roch the receptacle from its normal horizontal po sition (shown by full lines in Fig. 3) to the position shown by dotted lines, with its open side in the path or' the brush 19. The brush if) is now rotated on its axis and traveliimV toward the shoe, and therefore its periphery will revolve in the open side of the paste-receptaeie 45 and receive more or less of the paste, which is afterward applied to all sides oi the shoe es the brush 19 continues to travel around the same. 'ilhe cam 43 is comparatively short so as to allow the receptacle 45 to return to its normal position before the polishing-brush reaches this position, this return movement being facilitated by a spring` 50, which is interposed between suitable shoulders on the bar 48 and standard 47. 'lhenext and last operation is performed hy the polishing-brush 20, which is similar in operation to the cleaning-brush, and is therefore suiliciently broad and pliable to reach over the npper e triiie more than heli-wey and et the same time to tit against and polish the sides of the shoe and sole.

l have shown and described n device for cleaning` and blachini,r a single shoe; but it is evident that this device may bednplieateih and hot-h. operated simultaneously for eleaning and hlaeking` a pair ol shoes.

'lhe beltsT and 25 may he connected to any suitable coin-controlled motive power, (not shown,) this forms no part ot' my present invention, although the intention is to pro vide some means whereby the lwesh-carrying chain will be caused to malte one or two coniplete cycles of movement, as may be deemed, advisable or desirable.

ll`he operation ot' the parts shown is 1believed to be su iiiciently incorporated in the descrip tion to enable anyone skilled in the nrt to construct and use the complete device.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim, and desire to secure by Letters latent, is-- 1. in e machine for cleaning and blacking shoes, the combination with a foot-rest, of an endless chain or belt traveling around the footrest, Ineens to actuate the chain or heit, brushes rotatingly mounted on said chainor belt one IOO IOS

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i im om nl tim invitaba misi me i' inwiiozi ii'mu @im mimi' iieii; iii'iieiii im iuiiiiiiiigf iaiiiii bi'iifiii.

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